Katie Garcia successfully defended her Master's thesis. Congratulations, Katie! 

Scott Mishler passed his PhD Candidacy Exam. He is now officially ABD!

Congratulations, Scott! 

Dr. Chen is selected as the 2022 recipient of APA Division 21's prestigious Earl Alluisi Award for Early Career Achievement! This award recognizes contributions to the field of Applied Experimental and Engineering Psychology made by early professionals.

Congratulations, Dr. Chen!

Dr. Chen is named a Fellow of the Psychonomic Society. 

Congratulations, Dr. Chen!

Congratulations to Jeremiah, 1st place Winner, and Katie, Finalist, for the ODU 3-Minute Thesis Competition!

Jeremiah presented his thesis on "Sit up and pay attention! A study on automated driving," and Katie presented hers on "Drive and drown: A thesis on driving through flooded roadways."

Way to go, HAC lab! 

Garcia*, K., Mishler*, S., & Chen, J. (2021). Flood warnings through a mobile navigation application: Effects of time pressure and flood information type. Talk presented at the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 65th International Annual Meeting. Baltimore, MD.

Ammons*, J., Parker*, C., & Chen, J. (2021). Effects of Time Pressure and User Ratings for Online Shopping. Talk presented at the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 65th International Annual Meeting. Baltimore, MD.

Mishler*, S., Garcia*, K., Fuller-Jakaitis*, E., Wang, C., Hu, B., Still, J., & Chen, J. (2021). Predicting A Malicious Stop Sign: Knowledge, Exposure, Trust in AI. Talk presented at the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 65th International Annual Meeting. Baltimore, MD.

Scott Mishler wins the Graduate Student Service Award from the Department of Psychology at ODU. 

Congratulations, Scott! Thanks for your service to the department and the HFES student chapter!

Dr. Chen wins the Outstanding Faculty Research Award from the Department of Psychology at ODU. 

Congratulations, Dr. Chen!

Cody Parker successfully defends his Master's thesis. Congratulations, Cody! 

Dr. Chen receives a NSF award (IIS core) as PI. She will work on "AI-Human Collaboration in Autonomous Vehicles for Safety and Security" with her collaborators Dr. Bin Hu in engineering technology and Dr. Cong Wang in computer science.  NSF link

Katie Garcia joins the HAC lab as a PhD student. Welcome, Katie! 

Jeremiah Ammons successfully defends his honors thesis. Congratulations, Jeremiah! 

Jeremiah joins the HAC lab as a master's student. Welcome, Jeremiah!

Dr. Chen receives a NSF award, as co-PI. She will to work on "REU Site: Interdisciplinary Research Experience in Behavioral Sciences of Transportation" with her collaborator Dr. Yusuke Yamani and Dr. Bryan Porter in psychology. NSF link

Dr. Chen is selected as a "Rising Star" by the Association for Psychological Science. The APS Rising Start designation is presented to outstanding psychological scientists in the earliest stages of their post-Ph.D. research careers. APS link

Mishler*, S., Jeffcoat*, C., & Chen, J. (2019). Effects of Anthropomorphic Phishing Detection Aids, Transparency Information, and Feedback on User Trust, Performance, and Aid Retention. Talk presented at the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 63rd International Annual Meeting. Seattle, WA.

McManus*, W. & Chen, J. (2019). The Effects of Vehicle Automation Level and Warning Type on Responses to Vehicle Hacking. Talk presented at the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 63rd International Annual Meeting. Seattle, WA.

Mishler*, S., Jeffcoat*, C., Šabić*, E., Yamaguchi, M., & Chen, J. (2019). Collision or Avoidance: Should Auditory Warnings Be Toward Danger or Toward Safety? Talk presented at the APA Conference on Technology, Mind, and Society, Washington, DC.

Unverricht, J., Yamani, Y., Yahoodik, S., Chen, J., & Horrey, W. J. (2019). Attention Maintenance Training: Are Young Drivers Getting Better or Being More Strategic? Talk to be presented at the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 63rd International Annual Meeting. Seattle, WA. 

McManus*, W., Chen, J., & Yamani, Y. (2019). The Effects of Vehicle Automation Level and Warning Type on Responses to Vehicle Hacking. Poster presented at the APA Conference on Technology, Mind, and Society, Washington, DC. 

Jeffcoat*, C., Chen, J., Proctor, R. W. (2019).  Influence of Verbal Protocol Requirements on the Task Framing Effects. Poster presented at the American Psychological Association 127th Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL.

Mishler*, S., Jeffcoat*, C., & Chen, J. (2019).  Effects of Anthropomorphic Phishing Detection Aids on User Trust and Performance. Poster presented at the American Psychological Association 127th Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL.

Dr. Chen and the HAC lab successfully complete her first NSF project (2016-2019), "Human in the Loop: Safety for Semi-autonomous Driving Systems in Emergency Situations." NSF link 1, NSF link 2

Scott Mishler successfully defends his master's thesis. Congratulations, Scott! 

Scott continues as a PhD student in the HAC lab. Way to go, Scott!

Dr. Chen presents her research, "How Human Factors Psychology Contributes to Safe Autonomous Driving", at the 25th Annual Coalition for National Science Funding (CNSF) Exhibition. APA link

Dr. Chen receives a NSF award as co-PI. She will work on "Scalable Modeling and Adaptive Real-time Trust-based communication (SMARTc) system for roadway inundations in flood-prone communities " with her collaborators Dr. Khan Iftekharuddin (PI), Dr. Mecit Cetin, Dr. Navid Tahvildari, and Dr. Jonathan Goodall (UVA).  NSF link